Erie First Christian Academy is 2-8 against the Lakers since February of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. Erie First Christian Academy will head out on the road to square off against the Mercyhurst Prep Lakers at 7:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, Erie First Christian Academy came up short against the Grape Pickers and fell 66-58. Erie First Christian Academy has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Erie First Christian Academy might have lost, but man, Avery Collins was a machine: he scored 33 points. That was a full 56.9% of Erie First Christian Academy's points, marking the 11th time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Elisha Rupp, who scored nine points.
Meanwhile, Mercyhurst Prep came tearing into Friday's contest with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19 points) and they left with even more momentum. They managed a 56-52 win over Girard. The win was all the more spectacular given Mercyhurst Prep's disadvantage in MaxPreps' Pennsylvania basketball rankings (they are ranked 306th, while the Yellowjackets are ranked 93rd).
Erie First Christian Academy has not been sharp recently as the team's lost ten of their last 12 games, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-13 record this season. As for Mercyhurst Prep, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 10-7 record this season.
Erie First Christian Academy ended up a good deal behind the Lakers in their previous matchup back in January, losing 77-61. Can Erie First Christian Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
